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Choice of Discs…The Dilemma
Choice of discs has been a new point of contention in the DragonDogs house. When we first started playing disc, there was only Lilli – and she has a VERY hard bite. We started with Fastbacks cause that’s what everyone used. Long story short…Lilli had a bloody mouth every time we played and she would trash a disc in 5 throws or less.
Finally Flippin in Puppyville
We’ve shared over and over about how Leilani is developing very slowly as a disc dog…slower than we’d like. For about 6 months, she’s been eating grass in the middle of very short sessions, even right in the beginning of sessions. She still loves the disc, but the disc practice outside has been very unproductive. We’d settled in that we’d focus on her being our “trick dog” since she loved shaping so much and didn’t seem to stress at all during long shaping sessions. We were hoping that in the next 6 months or so, she’d settle in.
Results are in…Canis Major #2
Saturday was Canis Major #2 – our second of 5 freestyle events for Jason and Lilli in Plant City, FL. Kai also debuted in her first D/A event with me as her handler.
DragonLilli on the FS Scene
This past weekend Lilli FINALLY had her first competition freestyle event at Canis Major #1 in Plant City, FL on Saturday. Jason is the handler for the 5 part competition series – he and Lilli have been gelling really well and he handles pressure and crowds like a pro!
Donde es Kai?
We’ve had Kai for almost 3 months and she has yet to get her own space on the website or written up in a blog post. When Kai discovered this she was understandably hurt and told me I could fetch my own damn frisbees until this situation was rectified. Well, here you go Kai, long overdue, a post all about you.
Juggling Aussies
The people in the world that say that 3 or 4 kids is the same as having 2 – they’re lying. They have a nanny or something. I’m amazed at how a 3rd aussie changes the dynamic of everything we do – training, feeding, pottying, operating in general during the day. For me, it’s similar to throwing a bowling ball into a set of pins. I’m typically pretty bad at analogies so I’ll leave it at that. 
